| Amara alpina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Amara |
| Species: | A. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Amara alpina (Paykull, 1790) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Amara alpina is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae. It is native to northern parts of Europe and Asia. It was first described by the Swedish entomologist Gustaf von Paykull in 1790.
The adult length is 7.3 to 11.5 mm (0.29 to 0.45 in). This beetle is mainly black and the elytra are reddish-black and etched with fine longitudinal striations. The legs are often red.
Amara alpina is a beetle of cold regions at high altitudes and high latitudes. Its range includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Siberia and Mongolia. It is also present in Alaska, [2] and it recolonised Canada after the end of the last ice age. It is believed to have survived further south in western Beringia and the northern part of the contiguous United States, and moved northwards when conditions ameliorated and the ice retreated. [3]
In Scandinavia this beetle is often found on dwarf birch (Betula nana), dwarf willow (Salix herbacea), glacier buttercup (Ranunculus glacialis), alpine bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina), moss bell heather (Harrimanella hypnoides), crowberry (Empetrum) and arctic wood-rush (Luzula nivalis). [4]
Amara alpina was one of three species of beetle that has been observed in Finland eating the dead bodies of other insects on snowfields. [5]
Amara is a large genus of carabid beetles, commonly called the sun beetles. Many are holarctic, but a few species are neotropical or occur in eastern Asia.
Amara aenea is a ground beetle common in almost the whole of Europe and Northern Asia. Its range covers also parts of Northern Africa. It is known as the common sun beetle.
Amara littoralis is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae. It is native to parts of Asia.
Amara apricaria is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae. It is native to Europe.
Amara aulica is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the Harpalinae subfamily. It is native to Europe.
Amara bifrons is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.It is native to Europe.
Amara deparca is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
Amara californica is a species of black coloured beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
Amara confusa is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
Amara communis is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae found in Ireland, from Siberia to Kamchatka, and Caucasus. The species are 6-8mm in length, and are living in moss.
Pelophila borealis is a species of ground beetle in Nebriinae subfamily which was described by Gustaf von Paykull in 1790. The species can be found in Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. Its is black in colour and is shiny. The size of the species is 9.5–10.1 millimetres (0.37–0.40 in) long.
Amara familiaris is a species of ground beetle native to Europe.
Amara fulva is a species of ground beetle native to Europe.
Amara sinuosa is a species of ground beetle in the genus Amara, in the family Carabidae . It is found in North America.
Amara pseudobrunnea is a species of seed-eating ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Amara neoscotica is a species of seed-eating ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Bembidion grapii is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia and North America.
Amara latior is a species of seed-eating ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Bembidion yukonum is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Trechinae. It is found in Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Canada and the U.S. state of Alaska. Its habitat includes cracks, river banks and clayish soils. It feeds on birch trees.
Amara lunicollis is a species of seed-eating ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia, North America, and temperate Asia.